GRE Word List
FESTER
to generate pus
The meaning of the word fester is to generate pus.
Random words
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imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |